Is this real?

[betenoir]

I was trying to feed my PAM jones and saw this on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Genuine-Panerai-22-Sta...A1%7C240%3A1318

Is this real? How can one tell? What price would y'all put on it? And why?

Thanks

Scott

[Cats]

For me as quit a noob on the PAM area it's hard to tell.

Wait untill the real expert see this.

Personally i wouldn't pay more the 100 euro for a gen claps but that's my opinion.

Carpe Diem

Cats

[fishgodeep]

Compared to my gen polished version - the construction and engraving looks correct on this for an OEM brushed clasp.

There isn't really a great deal of difference between the better quality rep versions and OEM as far as cosmetics is concerned - the feel and operation is different though!

Good luck

FGD

[Ztech]

Please take this with a grain of salt as I'm no expert, but I'd say fake. All the rep ones I've seen have one thing in common. The release buttons are loose and don't have the spring action that the gens I've handled have. I think this is what FGD meant. From the pics, it's evident that one of the push buttons seems to be pushed out via the tiny springs in the button, but the other doesn't.

I'd say it's a rep.

[betenoir]

Thanks

I will pass as it is very pricey

Any suggestions for sourcing a high end rep deployment clasp?

[Clint Eastwood]

I think this one is a gen.

The srping are not on the buttons but on each side of the ends of the deployant parts.

I have gen to compare, the difference with rep is the middle bar(with the serial number in it) are right end, but on rep it are 5 angles end.

An other difference is that the rep have springbars on the buckle, the gen a bar you cannot remove.

Ask the seller for a pic of it closed; on a gen no space beetween parts, a rep cannot have this level of finish.